Urgent! Am i gonna die?!


Question: Urgent! Am i gonna die?
I just ate about 14 or so, 3 ounces, of peach pits on a dare... I afterwards found out about them containing cyanide in large numbers.... I had an empty stomach and weigh about 180.... Am i gonna die?

Answers:

A few things.

1. Dares are stupid. No exceptions. Risking your health is not usually worth looking ballsy for a few moments.

2. When in doubt, see a doctor. When unsure whether you will be alive tomorrow, go to the hospital. Don't go on Yahoo Answers to ask whether the ounce of uranium ore you just swallowed could make your limbs fall off. Ask someone who knows.

3. Information online is surprisingly hard to come by. There are some sites in the source section, but I'm not sure of their reliability.

4. Apple seeds and peach and apricot pits have very tough outer coatings which are made to resist the stomach acid of animals which may ingest them. This reduces the danger if you only swallowed rather than intentionally cracked the seeds.

5. Don't panic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poi… - Information on symptoms and treatment of poisoning. If you begin to feel any of these symptoms, see a doctor immediately.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdalin#T… - The main compound of concern and information on its toxicity.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read… - Reliability unsure but seems good enough. Deals with apricot seed poisoning; apricot pits contain much higher concentrations of amygdalin than peach, apple, and other seeds. Still has some useful information.

http://www.ordinarynothing.org/blog/2006… - Reliability very uncertain; I have never visited or heard of this site nor have I seen it mentioned before. However, the information it gives is the most comforting; if it is correct, you are probably fine.



No its bullshit, cyanide would have to be in it's liquid form, it's very hard to produce.



go to the hospital, you could die



yep go to the e.r as fast as possible and have them cut open ur stmoch and take em out ill be praying for u



afraid so



tell your parents exactly what happened and ask them to see a doctor




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